SynthesisFrontiers in surgery2024
Comparative long-term outcomes of unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasty in knee osteoarthritis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Pooled it
- Greater knee flexion and patient-reported function after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty than after total knee arthroplasty: a propensity score-matched study.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Long-Term Results of Medial Fixed-Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty with Miller-Galante Prosthesis: A Minimum 10-Year Follow-Up Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty through a medial parapatellar approach: surgical technique and mid-term results in 108 patients.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- Medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty wear prediction using a total knee joint finite element model.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index is a risk factor for long-term decreases in patient-reported outcome measures following total knee arthroplasty.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Characterization of rectus femoris lesions in knee osteoarthritis at different stages and the effect of ultrasound-guided acupotomy.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Closing the Satisfaction Gap: Medial UKA and Cruciate-Retaining TKA Yield Comparable 1-Year Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.JB & JS open accessArticle
- Primary care rehabilitation after Knee Replacement - a cross sectional study.Archives of physiotherapyArticle
- Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Offers More Natural Feeling Joints Compared with Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JB & JS open accessReview
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Abstract
Background: Long-term outcomes for knee osteoarthritis patients undergoing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remain inconclusive. Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the long-term outcomes over five years, including Knee Society Pain Scores (KSPS), Knee Society Scores (KSS), Knee Society Function Scores (KSFS), range of motion (ROM), and survival rates-of UKA vs. TKA in knee osteoarthritis patients. Design: Systematic review using data from randomized controlled and cohort trials, and world databases. Data sources: Researchers searched Medline, Embase, Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov from January 1990 to March 2024. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: The researchers selected studies based on adult participants with knee osteoarthritis. Eligible studies compare UKA and TKA reports on clinical or surgical outcomes, including KSPS, KSS, KSFS, ROM and survival rates, over 5 years. The researchers excluded the studies fewer than five years, or if English text was unavailable. Results: Researchers categorized twenty-nine eligible studies into three groups: five randomized controlled trials, 11 registries and database studies, and 13 cohort studies. The analysis revealed that neither TKA nor UKA definitively outperformed the other in terms of pain (SMD (95% CI): -0.06 [-0.41, 0.28], Conclusions: UKA shows a trend towards better outcomes in KSFS and ROM, alongside a more favorable survival rate in TKA at the five-year and beyond follow-up periods. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=517835, PROSPERO (CRD42024517835).
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